Krispy Kreme Financial Analysis

In general, do you expect analysts' forecasts for a company like KKD to be optimistic, pessimistic or unbiased? Why?

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Krispy Kreme Financial Analysis

Based the company's recent financial performance, analysts are currently extremely pessimistic about Krispy Kreme Donuts. As seen in the chart below, Krispy Kreme's return on capital and return on equity, (which are very important key business indicators to investors) remain extremely low.